Heel binder



E. W. WOOD.

HEEL BINDER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.30. 1921.

1,424,609. I v Patented. Aug. 1, 1922.

ATTORNEYS HEEL BINDER.

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Application filed August 30, 1921.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD W. .Voon, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Heel Binder, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to the manufacture of shoes and boots,'and its object is to provide a new and improved heel binder more specially designed for securely holding the split portion of the sole in position on the breast of the heel during the time the glue or other adhesive substance used for fastening the split portion of the sole to the heel 'is setting and hardening.

Another object is to provide a heel binder which is very simple in construction and arranged to permit the workmen to quickly and accurately apply the binder to the shoe or boot or to remove it therefrom after the binding substance has set.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel features of construction as hereinafter shown and described and then specifically pointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similarcharacters of reference indic-ate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the inrproved heel binder as applied.

Figure 2 is a similar view of the improved heel binder.

Figure 3 is a sectional side elevation of the same as applied and with parts of the heel and the split sole shown in section.

Figure 4 is an enlarged sectional plan View of the same on the line 4l--jt of Figure 3.

In the manufacture of shoes and boots having a split sole, it has been customary to temporarily engage an elastic tape or strap with the split portion of the sole to hold the same in place on the breast of the heel during the time the glue or other adhesive substance employed for fastening the said split sole portion to the heel has set and hardened. This elastic strap or tape does not accurately and firmly hold the split sole portion in position and does not exert a uniform and sui'iiciently heavy pressure on the split sole portion to insure a firm fas- Specification oi Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. l, 1222. Serial No. 496,822.

tening thereof to the breast of the heel by the adhesive substance. Furthermore, the elastic strap requires very careful application on the part of the workman to accomplish the result and the end of the strap or tape has to be tacked to the top lift of the heel. With the heel binder presently de scribed in detail the workman is enabled to quickly and accurately place the binder in position without tacking and to cause it to exert the desired pressure against the split portion of the sole to securely hold the same in position during the setting and hardening of the glue or other adhesive substance. As illustrated in the drawings, the shoe or boot 10 is provided with a sole 11 having a split portion 12 extending downward to be glued against the breast of the heel 15. It is un derstood that the base 16 of the heel by a previous operation is fastened to the rear portion of the sole 11 in the usual manner. The lower end 17 of the split portion 12 of the sole is interposed between the top of the heel l5 and the usual top lift 18 of leather or similar material and fastened to the heel 15 by a screw 19 or other suitable means.

The heel binder is made of rubber or other elastic material and in its general construction comprises a main elastic loop 26 and a crossed loop 27, the loops 26 and 27 being permanently connected with each other by a pressure pad 25 which forms a thickened portion at the junction of the two loops. The pressure pad 25 is shaped in cross-section to conform to the curvature of the breast of the heel 15, see Figure 4;, to uniformly press the split sole portion 12 against the breast of the heel 15 until the glue or other adhesive substance used for fastening the split portion to the heel has set and hardened. The lower portion of the loop 26 extends upward from the forward portion of the pad 25 and the upper portion of the pad engages the sole 11 and the upper part of the split sole portion at the heel joint. The loop 26 extends upwardly and rearwardly over the sides of the rear portion of the boot or shoe and is placed under ten sion and its upper end is looped onto the top of the boot or shoe or the last held therein. The crossed loop 27 extends rearwardly from the lower portion of the pressure pad 25 to the back of the heel and crosses the same a short distance above the top lift 18 and then the loop 27 extends upward and loops onto the top of the main loop 26. It

7 heel 15. that the binder can be readily placed in posiis understood that the two loops 26 and 27 are stretched in applying the same to the boot or shoe and are thus under tension and exert the desired pressure against the split portion 12 of the sole to securely hold the said split sole portion in place during the time the binding substance used for fastening the split sole portion to the breast of the heel 15 is setting and hardening. It will be noticed that the crossed loop 27 exerts a rearward pressure on the lower portion of the pressure pad 25 and consequently, the latter presses the split portion of the sole 12 in firm contact with the breast of the heel F 15. After the adhesive substance has set and hardened, the loops 27 and 26 are'disengaged from the top of the boot or shoe to allow of readily slipping the loops oii the From the foregoing it will be seen tion by the workman to exert the desired pressure against the split portion 12 of the sole to press the same in contact with the breast of the heel.

In practice the heel binder remains in position for about ten to twelve hours to insure a proper fastening of the split sole portion 12 to the breast of the heel 15.

' Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: v I i 1. A heel binder of the character described, including a pair of crossed and integrally united endless elastic bands and a pressure pad located at the union of the bands.

2. A heel binder for holding a heel in position on the split sole of a shoe or boot comprising a pressure pad adapted to engage the split portion'of the sole, an elastic main loop connected with the said pressure pad to press the forwardpart of the split sole part against the forward end of the heel,

and a crossed elastic loop connected with the said pad to press the split portion of the sole against the breast of the heel, the said loops engaging the top of the shoe or boot tion of the heel and rearward against the breast of the heel.

4. A. heel binder for holding a heel in position on the split sole of a shoe or boot comprising connected endless elastic straps adapted to be looped over or boot, of which one is adapted to engage the forward part of the split portion of the sole at the joint of the heel and the other is adapted to press the dependent part of the split portion of the sole against the breast of the heel.

5. A heel binder for holding a heel in position on the split sole of a boot or shoe comprising an endless elastic main loop adapted ward end of the heel and the upper portion of the breast of the heel and adapted to straddle the sides and top of the shoe or boot, and an endless elastic loop having a crossed portion and attached at the lower end to the lower end of the said main loop at the breast of the heel and adapted to pass over the sides of the heel at the lower portion thereof and adapted to cross the heel at the back and to loop onto the top loop at the top of the shoe or boot. p

6. A heel binder for holding a heel in position on they split sole of a boot orrsh-oe comprising a main elastic endless band, and an elastic crossed endless band the same bands'having a depending pad in. common conforming to the curvature of the breast of the heel. I v

EDWARD WILLIAM WOOD.

the top of a shoe of the main to extend under the sole at the for- 

